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AI’s housing impact is strong — but highly localized

Jul 31, 2026 · 8:50 PM Jonathan Delozier HousingWire

Artificial intelligence (AI) and broader tech investment is reshaping broad swaths of the U.S. economy, but its impact on housing is proving far from…

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Green Brick seizes a margin edge as a land and product outlier

Jul 31, 2026 · 8:35 PM Tyler Williams HousingWire

While many homebuilders battle a gross margin slippery slope from the 20s into the mid-teens, Green Brick Partners is fairly striding against the tide.…

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Regulators move to narrow CRA, drawing fire from advocates

Jul 31, 2026 · 6:54 PM Flávia Furlan Nunes HousingWire

Federal banking regulators released a Community Reinvestment Act ( CRA ) proposal Friday that narrows how banks earn credit for community development while…

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Retired judges challenge Tuccori opt-in commission suit settlements

Jul 31, 2026 · 6:42 PM Brooklee Han HousingWire

Although a date has been set for a final approval hearing, the real estate brokerages and associations that settled the homebuyer commission lawsuits…

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Who decides where listings show up, Zillow, Compass or the MLS?

Jul 31, 2026 · 6:39 PM Darryl Davis HousingWire

The briefs are in. The witnesses are done. A federal judge in Chicago now holds the question the whole industry keeps asking: who controls where a listing…

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Mortgage Rate News

Mortgage Rates Back Near Long-Term Highs

Jul 31, 2026 · 5:36 PM Matthew Graham Mortgage News Daily

To be fair, mortgage rates haven't been far from their long-term highs in over a week, but today's 30yr fixed index level of 6.83% is functionally…

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How Compass used technology to chart its course to the top

Jul 31, 2026 · 5:07 PM Brooklee Han HousingWire

In 2017, Kyle Talbott and his wife Karen Talbott, who make up the Corcoran -brokered Talbott Team , were considering a move to Compass , after talk about…

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Fed hawks are on the war path, sending mortgage rates higher

Jul 31, 2026 · 4:31 PM Logan Mohtashami HousingWire

Today the 10-year yield hit a yearly high of 4.74% and mortgage rates rose six basis points to 6.83% (as of this writing), as all the Federal Reserve hawks…

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ICE posts strongest quarter for mortgage tech since 2022

Jul 31, 2026 · 4:14 PM Flávia Furlan Nunes HousingWire

Intercontinental Exchange Inc. , the operator of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) and parent company of ICE Mortgage Technology , reported its strongest…

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Every real estate agent has AI now, how sellers spot real expertise

Jul 31, 2026 · 4:08 PM Gary Lanham HousingWire

A homeowner recently asked me to review a listing presentation prepared by another real estate agent. It was impressive. The pricing analysis was organized,…

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